Abortion-Restrictive States Leave Ob-Gyns With Tough Choices

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🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Post-Dobbs, ob-gyns and medical students alike must navigate the risk of criminal prosecution associated with patient care in some states.

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0:00.0	In the two years since the fall of Roe versus Wade, physicians face a tough decision about whether to leave states where abortion is restricted.
0:11.6	Many of us have had a crisis of conscience about what to do,
0:14.8	feeling both deeply committed to our patients,
0:17.2	but also what this means for us personally and for our own families.
0:20.5	It's Monday, March 18th, and of course, it's also Science Friday.
0:25.0	I'm Cyfry producer Kathleen Davis.
0:29.0	A lot has changed when it comes to abortion choices in the United States. Some states have
0:34.6	effectively banned abortion. Others have such confusing laws that it's difficult for
0:39.2	the people who live there to know what their reproductive rights are.
0:43.0	So how has the post-Dobs landscape
0:45.1	affected the people who work in this field?
0:48.0	Iris speaks to two physicians in restricted states
0:50.7	who face these tough decisions.
0:53.0	Dr Sarah Thompson in OBGYN based in Boise, Idaho,
0:57.0	and Dr. Abbey Cutler, an OBGYN,
1:00.0	and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public
1:05.1	Health based in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:08.1	Welcome both of you to Science Friday.
1:10.0	Thank you for having me.
1:11.0	Thanks so much for having me.
1:12.4	Thank you for being here. Thanks so much for having me.
1:12.6	Thank you for being here.
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